Get notes from a classmate on “West Wing-The Supremes”. 25 Plot notes due. Or you can watch on Netflix/Prime if you have it and turn in Monday.

Complete Ch. 11 and 12 Chapter Reviews. Due Tuesday.

Tuesday:

Go to the site and read on any 2 court cases currently pending you find interesting. Provide a quick summary of the case and what you hope the outcome will be and why. Write on separate paper and entitle “Court Cases” and turn in before you leave. Turn in Wednesday if absent.

Complete the West Wing quiz after you watch the West Wing-Season 5-“The Supremes”. It’s on Netflix. If you don’t have it, write a 250 summary by hand of any major Supreme Court case that interests you.

Complete all section reviews for Ch. 12. These will be taken up Friday along with your Ch. 11 ones. Study these, the crash courses, and notes I gave Monday for the test. Also look over Ch 11/12 Assessments in your textbooks for review.

We are moving the test from Thursday to Friday due to the Sr. Picnic being moved back 30 minutes.

Thursday:

Test over the judicial, executive, and legislative branches. Makeup next week following the schedule.

When done you need to review a court case being considered and write a 250 word summary of the case and what you think should happen.

Monday-Begin Ch. 3 and Constitution Scavenger Hunt-Took notes over CNNnews for Monday. Keep up with these daily in running notes for quizzes.

Tuesday-Ch. 3 Section 1 Review-Lecture. Complete pg. 75 review.

Wednesday-Ch 3 Section 2-3 Review and Lecture

Media Center-Articles on Constitutional Issues-Scavenger Hunt DueGo to the RCP homepage-Select 5 articles that interest you and follow Current Events Summary Template for each on your own paper. Turn in at the end of class. Title “Current Events-Constitution.

At the end of each one provide a way that it connects to the Constitution.

Government-8/7-11

Monday-“I think we should”. This is an individual project & test grade we will present through PowerPoint/Prezi/Google Slides etc. next Thursday. Select one issue you believe is important you’d like to put more research in to. It should be government related and a problem you believe government can help solve. If you don’t believe it can be solved through the government then how do you think it can be solved? This shouldn’t be something you’ve done for another class. You should prepare a presentation that outlines:

What the issue is.

Why it is important.

What’s currently being done.

What else you think should be done or what should be done differently.

What are the obstacles to this happening.

How do you think this could be accomplished. (Please don’t be generic like “work together)

Rubric below

I THINK WE SHOULD-RUBRIC

25

1. It is clear what you believe we should do and why.

25

2. You have provided facts to support your opinions.

25

3. You have considered the consequences; both good and bad to your solution.

Go here to take a political quiz. For each of the questions select your answer as well as how important it is to you on the left. For each section there’ s section for “more” at the bottom. Do the full quiz. Take your time (click “Learn More”) if you don’t understand something.

When done summarize what it says about you and the candidate you would choose. Do you agree? Why or why not? Explain. Email your quiz results to me.

Begin answering questions to your Government Study Guide study-guide-governmenton a separate sheet, handwritten not typed. This is due Friday morning.

Government-July 31st-August 4th

Monday-

Go here to take a political quiz. For each of the questions select your answer as well as how important it is to you on the left. If it gives you the option to answer more questions, do so for one click. Also, make sure you rate how important each question is to you on the left as you go. It helps increase your accuracy.

When done summarize what it says about you and the candidate you would choose. Do you agree? Why or why not? Explain. Email your quiz results to me. Title it “Period-Last-First-isidewith”